Valoración de la utilidad del injerto y el sustituto óseo en el tratamiento de las fracturas del radio distal

background: the purpose of the following study is to measure the impact of bone substitute or bone graft to heal distal radius fractures, and its functional and radiographic results. methods: we retrospectively analyzed 49 cases of distal radius fracture treated with open reduction and internal fixation. group a used bone graft or bone substitute while cases in group b did not. non-union rates, as well as functional and radiographic results were compared between both groups. pearson's chi square test and t student test were used to assess outcomes; p < 0.05 was considered significant. results: there were no non-unions. groupa had an average green & o'brien score of 81, and group b 84, the difference was not significant. better extension was achieved in group b with a significant difference. there was no difference regarding radiological results. conclusions: we have not found sufficient evidence in our results to recommend the systematic use of bone graft or bone substitute in distal radius fractures to prevent non-union.